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Posted September 22, 2009
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Wishbone: Allright, let's rewind, then. According to the latest set of Steam hardware statistics (which was the best measure of current gaming PCs I could find), 18.5% of Steam users have a 64bit OS. This means that nearly 1 in 5 gamers apparently doesn't have a "modern system", even though it is either as or more modern than the ones covered by that statement. As an argument for using a gaming service, it needs at the very least a "most" inserted, as in "most modern systems", preferably with an explanation of exactly which systems are compatible and which are not. This would of course make the "most modern systems" statement completely redundant, but there you go. Anything less would be highly misleading.
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StingingVelvet: Of the however many millions of Steam users there are, 18% is actually a large number, and honestly I bet encompasses most of the "hardcore pc gamer" base.

Yes, that was my point, more or less.
Posted September 22, 2009
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mogamer: And OSX 10.6 is even more modern. But games in general don't work in Linux or OSX unless you do something special. So now your starting to get rather silly with your argument.
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Wishbone: Allright, let's rewind, then. According to the latest set of Steam hardware statistics (which was the best measure of current gaming PCs I could find), 18.5% of Steam users have a 64bit OS. This means that nearly 1 in 5 gamers apparently doesn't have a "modern system", even though it is either as or more modern than the ones covered by that statement. As an argument for using a gaming service, it needs at the very least a "most" inserted, as in "most modern systems", preferably with an explanation of exactly which systems are compatible and which are not. This would of course make the "most modern systems" statement completely redundant, but there you go. Anything less would be highly misleading.

Now where do I state that a 64 bit isn't modern? Learn how to read. I said that 32 bit Vista was as modern as 64 bit Vista. I think the word strawman fits your argument.
And actually 53.48% of Steam users use an old OS. That's the number of people who still use 32 bit XP.
Post edited September 22, 2009 by mogamer
Posted September 23, 2009
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Wishbone: And any recent Linux distro is even more modern. So?
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mogamer: And OSX 10.6 is even more modern. But games in general don't work in Linux or OSX unless you do something special. So now your starting to get rather silly with your argument.

Well you won't get a rational response around here now that you have said something marginally supportive of OS X: the OS of which we do not speak. :P
Posted September 23, 2009
A lot of people I've encountered on the net who still use XP hate vista with a fanatical passion because the internet told them to and they'll love 7 in spite of its clear roots in vista because it has a different name.
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Darling_Jimmy: Well you won't get a rational response around here now that you have said something marginally supportive of OS X: the OS of which we do not speak. :P

It is teh crap and stuff!
Joking aside it just feels like linux to me
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Posted September 23, 2009
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Aliasalpha: Joking aside it just feels like linux to me

More so to power users (command line is where they both show their true colours.) Though there are significant differences (I would have no need to use both if they were the same.) To each his/her own.
What were we talking about again? Oh yes, Steam. It's alright, I guess.
Posted September 23, 2009
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Aliasalpha: Joking aside it just feels like linux to me
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Darling_Jimmy: More so to power users (command line is where they both show their true colours.) Though there are significant differences (I would have no need to use both if they were the same.) To each his/her own.
What were we talking about again? Oh yes, Steam. It's alright, I guess.

Hehe yeah I'm and IT guy so when someone asks me to network any form of computer (or a mac), step 1 is to open the command prompt. GUI's are for n00bs!
Post edited September 23, 2009 by Aliasalpha
Posted September 23, 2009
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Aliasalpha: Hehe yeah I'm and IT guy so when someone asks me to network any form of computer (or a mac), step 1 is to open the command prompt. GUI's are for n00bs!

The Aqua GUI together with the command line is what makes me prefer Macs to other platforms. Everything in the GUI (ie. everyday usage) simply works in a fluid and logical manner, and the command line is there for when you need the full power of Unix.
I do admit though, that with Vista - and 7 more so - Windows has almost caught up, Gnome (and KDE I guess, though there has been some time since I used it heavily) isn't quite there yet though OpenSUSE's start panel/menu (using Gnome) helps a bit with launching apps instead of having to dig through a crapload of menus.
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